GROUP 1 THEORIES AND APPROACHES OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Classical Organizational Theory Four Principles: 1. Organization exists for economic reasons and to achieve productivity goal. 2. Scientific analysis will devise and orchestrate methods for production. 3. Specialization and strategic deployment of labor will maximize production. 4. Both employees and the organization act in accordance with rational economic principles. Bureaucracy Fundamentally the exercise of control on
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Organizational Development Q1. Define OD and enlist its important characteristics. Ans. The literature contains several definitions of OD, to quote a few: • OD is a response to change, a complex educational strategy intended to change the beliefs, attitudes, values and structure of organization so they can better adopt new technologies, markets and challenges, and the dizzying rate of change itself ( Bennis, 1969). • OD is planned process of change in an organization’s culture
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Republic of the Philippines Cebu Normal University Osmeña Boulevard, Cebu City Philippines 6000 Subject: Social Science Major 11 – Economic Planning and Strategies Course: Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Social Science Professor: Dr. Gary B. Lapiz THE MANAGEMENT PROCESS Management is defined in different ways. It is the process of designing or maintaining an environment in which individuals, working together in groups, efficiently accomplish selected aims, Weihrich, (1993)
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operate as specialists. Change transforms and modifies an organization. When there is change within the organization it implies a shift in the status quo or the existing state of affairs. Change is often incremental rather than drastic; most employees are usually afraid of change and see it as being threatening. If there are power struggles within the organization change may be more drastic in both speed and size. No one likes change, but it is the change that makes the organization stronger
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1) What factors motivated Kodak to change its organizational architecture? When Kodak began making changes to its organizational architecture in 1984, its current architecture did not fit the business environment for the industry. The largest factor that motivated Kodak to make this change was increased competition and decreased market share. Until the early 1980’s, Kodak owned the film production market with very little competition. This suddenly changed when Fuji Corporation and many other
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chapter examines the nature of organizational control and describes the four steps of the control process. It also discusses three types of systems available to managers to control and influence organizational members: output control, behavior control, and organizational culture(clan control). Effective management of organizational change is addressed, as well as the role of the entrepreneur in the change process. LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Define organizational control and identify the main
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Change Management and Communication Plan Team Names MGT/311 Date Instructor Formal and Informal Power Structures Riordan Manufacturing’s current formal structure consists of reward power and legitimate power. Establishing hierarchy and job categories through specific job codes, descriptions, and differing pay rates has found structure within the organization. Riordan’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer exert legitimate power to maintain employee direction. Preserving guidance
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use to select the appropriate intervention and relevant methods for implementation. The intervention and implementation strategies are categorized to match appropriate management of change techniques such as, hard and soft, for a better transition of change within the organisation. The methods of communicating change were also systematically defined to channel only the appropriate contents to the organisation. Strategic SMART recommendations were outlined as short, mid and long term goals to accomplish
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Annals of the University of Petroşani, Economics, 10(2), 2010, 13-22 13 CAREER PLANNING PROCESS AND ITS ROLE IN HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ELIZA ANTONIU ABSTRACT: This paper addresses specific questions on career planning, activity which plays an increasingly representative role in the human resources management. People were always concerned about choosing and building careers to meet their needs and aspirations. Career planning process involves both individual and organization responsibility
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Organizational culture is "the set of shared, taken-for-granted implicit assump- tions that a group holds and that determines how it perceives, thinks about, and reacts to its various environments"(p. 62). Trying to change an organizational culture can be difficult and challenging when people are set in their ways and are used to a certain routine. It can be challenging to break those individuals from those habits especially when that's all they know and have been ingrained with. According to
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